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Title: Anyone ever added a Tempo indicator LED to a TR-2?
Post by: $uperpuma on September 11, 2007, 09:25:29 PM
I love this for a simple trem, but it sure is nice to be able to tell what the time of the trem visually.  I love this feature in my Trem Lune.
Title: Re: Anyone ever added a Tempo indicator LED to a TR-2?
Post by: sevenisthenumber on February 22, 2009, 06:08:19 PM
i know this is an old post but i would love to know this as well. anyone?

heres the schematic
http://www.schematicheaven.com/effects/boss_tr2_tremolo.pdf

howd this guy do it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvlK3QLClh8
Title: Re: Anyone ever added a Tempo indicator LED to a TR-2?
Post by: sevenisthenumber on February 23, 2009, 10:46:11 PM
Can anyone confirm this? Im learning schematics and cant seem to figure it out? Maybe someone could explain it....?

(http://www.box.net/shared/static/xfga7j747g.gif)
Title: Re: Anyone ever added a Tempo indicator LED to a TR-2?
Post by: Isaiah4Autumn on March 31, 2009, 04:16:15 PM
I would love to know this as well...
Title: Re: Anyone ever added a Tempo indicator LED to a TR-2?
Post by: Isaiah4Autumn on April 01, 2009, 11:27:20 AM
up to the top...
Title: Re: Anyone ever added a Tempo indicator LED to a TR-2?
Post by: MikeH on April 01, 2009, 11:54:31 AM
Shouldn't be hard to try.  Mount the 3 resistors, tranny and led on a little piece of perf or vero and hook it up to C10 or R37 and see if it works.
Title: Re: Anyone ever added a Tempo indicator LED to a TR-2?
Post by: Isaiah4Autumn on April 02, 2009, 07:56:45 PM
Quote from: MikeH on April 01, 2009, 11:54:31 AM
Shouldn't be hard to try.  Mount the 3 resistors, tranny and led on a little piece of perf or vero and hook it up to C10 or R37 and see if it works.

could you explain it a little better for me...I'm still learning thanks
Title: Re: Anyone ever added a Tempo indicator LED to a TR-2?
Post by: ianmgull on April 02, 2009, 09:19:48 PM
**Warning, not the elegant way...but it may work none-the-less.**

Grab your voltmeter, clip the black lead to ground. You know that there has to be an LFO somewhere in that funky green box. Next start poking around with that red lead until  you find a voltage that goes up and down. It should change how fast it goes up and in relation to the speed knob on the pedal. You've now found an LFO point. This will probably not be enough current to drive an LED as is so you will need a small transistor amplifier. Don't worry this can be done with just about any NPN and a few resistors.

It should be very similar to the procedure in this post:

http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=38178.0

Try this until somebody more knowledgeable than myself proves me wrong.

Ian
Title: Re: Anyone ever added a Tempo indicator LED to a TR-2?
Post by: thehallofshields on January 06, 2011, 09:35:58 PM
Here is another method for adding an Rate L.E.D
http://bounav.free.fr/wp/?p=254 (http://bounav.free.fr/wp/?p=254)
Not sure if this one is in phase or not, or if it saps volume/signal from the I.C.